All 10 people on board a small aircraft that crashed into a mountain in Indonesia have been found dead, local rescue officials confirmed on Friday.
The turboprop plane, chartered by Indonesia’s fisheries ministry, went down on Mount Bulusaraung in South Sulawesi while flying from Yogyakarta to Makassar.
The aircraft was carrying seven crew members and three civil servants when it lost contact with air traffic control on Saturday.
Rescue teams had earlier recovered eight bodies from the crash site, but harsh terrain and bad weather slowed down the operation.
Confirming the latest development, a local rescue official, Andi Sultan, said the remaining two bodies were discovered on Friday.
“The bodies of the two missing victims have been found and will be evacuated,” Sultan said.
He added that all victims were now accounted for as search teams concluded their recovery efforts on the mountain.
Authorities also confirmed that the plane’s black box was located on Wednesday. Officials said the flight data recorder could help investigators determine what caused the aircraft to crash shortly before it was due to land in Makassar.
According to the local search and rescue agency, parts of the wreckage, including the fuselage, tail section and windows, were first spotted near the mountaintop on Sunday.
Indonesia depends heavily on air travel because of its geography, with thousands of islands spread across Southeast Asia.
However, the country has a history of aviation accidents. In September, a helicopter crash in South Kalimantan killed all eight people on board shortly after take-off.
Less than two weeks later, another helicopter accident in the remote Papua district of Ilaga claimed four lives.
Investigations into the latest crash are ongoing.
